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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2012, 1:23 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2012, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Jenkins County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 29, 11:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 11:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 29, 8:32 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
832 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 5 SE VALONA 31.42N 81.29W
07/28/2012 M43 MPH MCINTOSH GA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SAPELO ISLAND NERRS STATION REPORTED SUSTAINED WIND OF
17 MPH WITH GUST TO 43 MPH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1200553
JRLLocal storm report, Jul 29, 9:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
933 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE SKIDAWAY ISLAND 31.93N 81.04W
07/28/2012 CHATHAM GA EMERGENCY MNGR
CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED A REPORT OF A
TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON HEMINGWAY DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1200554
BDCLocal storm report, Jul 29, 9:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
956 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 NE WANDO 33.00N 79.76W
07/28/2012 M8.00 INCH BERKELEY SC TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A THREE
HOUR PERIOD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1200555
JRLSpecial weather statement, Jul 29, 1:23 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
123 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
GAZ087-088-291800-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-
123 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN AND JENKINS
COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR FOUR POINTS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALTMAN...ROCKY FORD...SCARBORO...SYLVANIA AND WOODCLIFF...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT THIS STORM STRENGTHENS OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3276 8199 3281 8162 3258 8164 3259 8174
3263 8180 3265 8180 3265 8182 3266 8183
3262 8194 3263 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 271DEG 9KT 3269 8193
JAQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Jul 29, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 19 min |
| Jul 29, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Jul 29, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 48 min | |
| Jul 29, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper | 62 min |
| Jul 29, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 36 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.